It is required that students have a working knowledge of network-attached storage systems. It is recommended that students have completed one of the following courses:

• Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM)

• List the benefits of Data ONTAP and explain its two modes of operation
• Enumerate and describe the steps for setting up a cluster
• Manage the various failover capabilities of a cluster
• Identify the networking components and networking features of a cluster
• Diagram the architecture of the internals and externals of a cluster
• Manage NFS and CIFS in a cluster
• Administer mirroring and data protection for a cluster
• Perform basic troubleshooting of a cluster
• Explain the notification capabilities of a cluster
• Describe the characteristics of a cluster that affect its performance
• Add controllers to a cluster